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Brad Lander: “We could move to Medicare for all quickly.”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Published | Video Starts at 35:52

It seems to me healthcare has gotta be our focus. We could restore the subsidies on the exchanges and the Medicare Medicaid cuts that Trump and Republicans made, and We could move to Medicare for all quickly. And, you know, if you live in a society that's so deranged that people are celebrating an assassination, a murder, oh, sure, sure, you know, you denounce it. (35:52–35:56)

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Asserts that transitioning to Medicare for all could happen quickly.

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